Golf club



Jan. 3, 1928. v r 1,654,916 K J. w. BOYCE GOLF CLUB Filed Jan.3, 1927Patented Jan. 3, 1928 JAMES W. BOYCE, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

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Application filed January 8, 1927. Serial No. 158,558.

M invention relates to the class of devices emp oyed for propelling aball, more especially in the well known game of golf, and

- an object of my invention,

' use to which it is intended to be put.

among others, is the production, more especially, of that form of a clubknown as a putter that shall be particularly useful and efficient forthe purposes for which it is made.

.One form of a putter embodying my invention and in the construction anduse 0 which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may beattained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a side view of my improved putter, shown with the handle brokenoff.

Figure 2 is a front view of the same.

Figure 3 is a top view.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 5 indicates a socket in which ahandle 6 may be secured in any desired manner, this socket havinghead'supporting arms 7 extending divergently therefrom, and as shown inFigure 3. A head 8 is supported at the end of each of said arms and thishead may be of any form suitable for the s'peokl s shown herein each ofsaid heads has a striking face 9 and these faces preferably slopebackwardly from the bottom of the head toward the top and the bottoms 10of the heads preferably slope downwardly from the faces 9, and as shownin Figure 2 of the drawings.

An important feature of .my invention resides in the two heads spacedapart and located on opposite sides of a plane passing axially throughthe handle in a vertical direction, the term vertical being employedwith respect to the position of the putter when in use. A bridge 11 isrigidly connected with and extends between the backs of the heads 8, andas shown in Figure 3. This bridge is comparatively narrow, when viewedfrom the top, width in a vertical direction as may be desired. It formsnot only a stiffening and strengthening feature for the putter, butbeing comparatively thin it comprises a means whereby the putter may beaccurately placed with respect to the direction in which a ball is to bedriven, thereby insurextended across onto the heads 8, the barbs of thearrows, in

and it may be of suching precision in the operation. This bridge,

fact, forms a sight line and, if desired, in order to emphasize thisfeature an arrow 12 may be placed upon the bridge, and this may, asshown in the drawings herein, be and beyond the bridge and fact, beinglocated on said heads and the shafts of the arrows extending across thef brid e.

Wiile I consider that the bridge 11 is an important feature of theinvention, yet I contemplate instances wherein such bridge may bedispensed with without departing from the spirit and intent of theinvention.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I havedescribed the princ1 les of operation of my inventiomtogether Wlth thedevice which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof;but I desire to. have it understood that the device shown is onlyillustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other meansand applied to uses other than those above set out.

I claim- 1. A golf club including a support, arms branching from saidsupport, a head formed at the end of each of sand arms, and a bridgeextending between said heads.

2. A golf club including a support, arms branching from said support, ahead formed at the end of each of said arms, each head having a strikingface, and a bridge extending between said heads in a directionsubstantially at right angles to the-axis of said support.

3. A golf club including a support, arms branching from said support, ahead formed at the end of each of said arms, a bridge extending betweensaid heads, and a sighting element extending lengthwise of said bridge.

4. A golf club including a support, arms branching from said support, ahead formed at the end of each of said arms, a bridge extending betweensaid heads in a direction substantially at right angles to the axis ofsaid support, and a sighting element extending lengthwise along saidbridge and onto said heads.

5. A golf club including a support, arms branching from said support,and ahead formed at the end of each of said arms, said heads beingspaced apart and each head hav- 5 ing a strikin face.

6. A golf c ub includin a socket support, arms extending from saisupport in divergent directions, and a headformed at theend of each ofsaid arms, said heads being spaced apart and each head having a strik-10 ing face oppositel arranged to the striking face on the other ead.

J MES W. BOYCE.

